Across high-income countries, inequality is routinely misdiagnosed. When life expectancy gaps widen, when preventable illness ...

Personal responsibility is a big idea about which little is known. It has received far less study than other key conservative tenets, like economic choice. This lack of attention is striking because ...

Whether it's a coping mechanism for fears of rejection or the desire for immediate gratification, more people than ever are ...

“Is there a problem with saying ‘personal responsibility’?” my friend asked. “What do you mean?” I replied. He’s a Romney-type conservative who’s deeply involved in bipartisan efforts to address ...

Not only does immaturity stunt personal development, it negatively impacts the potential for healthy relationships.

There’s a lot of talk these days about “”personal responsibility,”” and for good reason. It’s a nice, antiseptic-sounding, middle-of-the-road kind of idea: President Obama talks about it when he wants ...

Extensive research has shown that developing self-compassion leads to an increase in happiness, wisdom, curiosity, connectedness, and emotional resilience; Self-compassion contributes to the ability ...

One of the central facets of addiction is the unwillingness to take responsibility. Without exercising the all-important watershed of self-responsibility, breaking the compulsive cycle that leads to ...

At a time when so many issues seem beyond the control of any one person, it’s important to remember that the institutions capable of changing the status quo are made up of folks like you and me. In ...